County Championship: Ryan Higgins scores century for Gloucestershire at Northants

Ryan Higgins has a first-class best score of 199

LV= County Championship Division One, The County Ground, Northampton (day three):

Gloucestershire 223 & 326-6: Higgins 134*, Lace 73; Berg 3-52

Northamptonshire 288: Keogh 113, Berg 66; Higgins 4-68

Gloucestershire (4pts) lead Northants (5 pts) by 261 runs

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Ryan Higgins’ sixth first-class century rescued Gloucestershire at Wantage Road as the visitors closed day three on 326-6, leading Northamptonshire by 261.

Higgins’ unbeaten 134 with 10 fours and a six hauled his side back into the match having been 98-5, just 33 ahead.

Tom Lace was also crucial to the recovery with 73 in a stand of 165 for the sixth wicket before Lace fell an over before the second new ball.

Gareth Berg took three wickets but it became hard work for the home attack.

Gloucestershire resumed 5-1 and Berg removed first-innings centurion James Bracey cheaply, with a leading edge to cover, and captain Graeme van Buuren, lbw.

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